In Luke 15, the Lord Jesus shows 3 kinds of lost things and where they originally came from. The lost sheep, an irrational animal that was lost because it did not think. These are people who wear their heart on their sleeve; they do not use their head, and end up getting lost from the […]
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Real families do not exist anymore… right? A 2014 Times magazine published an article titled, ‘There is no longer any such thing as a typical family’. This highlighted the huge shift away from the traditional nuclear family setting to ‘a whole grab bag of family arrangements’. Four years on, the trend hasn’t curbed. If anything,
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One of the most striking characteristics of a child of God is discipline. Once they are part of the True Vine, the Church or the Body of the Lord, they begin to function in perfect harmony with the other members and especially with the Head. This is the Kingdom of God. A person calls himself
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The power of choice is mine; its consequences cannot belong to others. It is not fair to make bad choices and blame others for bad consequences. God gave us the power to choose good or evil, to obey or disobey. No one is perfect, but the obedient pursue perfection. These are the people the Spirit
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The exile of Adam and Eve from Paradise was not definitive. However, returning to the presence of God would be conditioned to actions that would prove the sincere disposition of their will. It was man who left the presence of God by his own free will. To return to his original state, and enjoy the
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Good morning, Bishop! My name is Veronica, and I am from Vicente de Carvalho, Guarujá – SP. I have a son who is special, he has autism and is very intelligent. He has been coming to Church with me since he was in my belly, now he is 17 years old, but has always questioned
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His glory is like a firstborn bull, and his horns like the horns of the wild ox; together with them he shall push the peoples to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. Deuteronomy 33.17 God blessed Ephraim with the strength of
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Dreams don’t only happen at night when you sleep. Those who dream the dreams of God do so during the day, because they blend faith with reason. However, attentive eyes during the day do not keep a person from the sleep of death. This is what has happened with the fallen and stubborn. One day
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We have achieved many victories, but none of them were preceded by joy. Instead, like a woman feels pain before giving birth, the same happens with us. And more: the greater and more expressive the conquest, the greater and more disturbing the noise of the trumpets of evil. The deafening sound of infernal threats occurs
For both, those born of the Holy Spirit and those being formed by the Holy Spirit, tribulations are extremely important in the development of Christian faith. If this weren’t so, God would eliminate them Himself from among His children. What is tribulation? Sickness, disease, financial or family problems have nothing to do with tribulations. Tribulations
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